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Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908

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Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist and the sixth Librarian of Congress. Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Ill health prevented him from attending Amherst College. He instead, at age 19, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a bookseller, publisher, and newspaper man. In 1849 Spofford founded the Literary Club of Cincinnati with John Celivergos Zachos, Stanley Matthews (judge) and 9 others founded. One year later Ruthe...

Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896

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Dr. Joseph Meredith Toner, 1825-1896; practicing physician of Washington, D.C.; president of American Medical Association and American Public Health Association; medical historian; active in literary, research, and historical societies in the District of Columbia; collector of a large library. From the description of Letter to Dr. Joseph M. Toner from Sister Mary Ambrose, Dec. 31, 1878. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 650087752 Physician, author, ...

Taylor, E. B.

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Abert, S. F.

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Green, F. M. (Francis Mathews), 1835-

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Wolcott, C. P.

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Lindsly, Dr.

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Gale, Leonard D. (Leonard Dunnell), 1800-1883

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Sawyer, Frederick A.

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Capitol Building

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Bartley, T. W. (Thomas Welles), 1812-1885

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Governor of Ohio and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. From the description of T.W. Bartley correspondence, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450164 ...

Taylor, George, Sir, Director Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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Epithet: Director Royal Botanic Gardens Kew British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000083 ...

Harkness, William.

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Gilbert, Grove K.

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Aldis, A. O.

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Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887

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Washington Philosophical Society

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Mason, O. M.

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Wilson, J. Ormond (James Ormond), 1825-1911

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Parker, Peter

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x000218 Epithet: Admiral; of Add MS 23207 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x00028d Epithet: Admiral; of Add MS 37877 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pe...

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...

Gill, Theodore Nicholas

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Taylor, William B.

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Foote, Elisha

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Johnstone, W. W.

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Schaeffer, Professor

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Yarnall, M. (Mordecai), -1879

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Case, Commodore

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Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897

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Alfred Marshall Mayer (1836-1897) was a physicist; his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1868-1922) a biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902) a zoologist and paleontologist. The three corresponded among themselves and with other colleagues in the field about their expeditions in the Pacific, which included voyages to Japan, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, New Guinea, Tonga, and Samoa, among other places. From the guide to the Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921, (Princeton University. Libra...

Mew, William M.

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Knox, John Jay, 1828-1892

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U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. From the description of First National Bank of Washington receivership letter, 1873. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 767726418 Financier and public official. From the description of Letters of John Jay Knox, 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009963 John Jay Knox has an entry in the Dictionary of American Biography. He was born in Oneida County, New York. He graduated from Hamilton Co...

Rodgers, John

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Endlich, Mr.

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Tyndall, John

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Epithet: FRS; Superintendent of the Royal Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x000303 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 48341 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0002c0 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 42582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x...

Babcock, O. E.

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Woodward, Joseph Janvier

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Cutts, Richard D.

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Welling, James C. (James Clarke), 1825-1894

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College president, educator, and editor. From the description of James C. Welling correspondence, 1866 May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981336 ...

Eaton, John

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Epithet: solicitor, of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000382 Biographical Note John Eaton worked as a copy-writer/publicist for theatre companies in Houston and Los Angeles. His papers also mention co-authoring copy for an advertisement placed in the Advocate, as well as being the author of an article published in Christopher Street West...

Alvord, B.

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Parry, Charles C.

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Nichols, C. H.

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Bailey, Theodorus

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Wheeler, George Montague, 1842-1905

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Wheeler was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of John Wheeler and Miriam P. Daniels. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He first served in California from 1866 to 1871. In 1869 General Edward O. C. Ord sent him on a reconnaissance through the eastern Nevada. In 1872, the US Congress authorized an ambitious plan to map the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian at a sc...

Crooke

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Frisby, Edgar

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Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931

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Physicist, chemist, and geologist. From the description of Frank Wigglesworth Clarke diaries, 1865-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78216515 Cornell University faculty member. From the description of Frank Wigglesworth Clarke autograph book, 1869-1878. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936042 Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931) was a geological chemist. Clarke taught chemistry and physics at Howard University in Washington, D.C., ...